duct : Idioms & Phrases

• the auditory duct, or external passage of the ear.

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• noun a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
  air passage; airway.
  

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• noun a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum
  bile duct.
  

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• noun a duct formed by the hepatic and cystic ducts; opens into the duodenum
  bile duct.
  

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• the duct from the gall bladder which unites with the hepatic to form the common bile duct.

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• noun a gland that secretes externally through a duct
  exocrine; exocrine gland.
  

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• noun a wide silvery adhesive tape intended to seal joints in sheet metal duct work but having many other uses
  
  • duct tape holds the world together

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• noun a part of the seminal duct formed by the duct from the seminal vesicle and the vas deferens; passes through the prostate gland
  

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• noun a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
  duct; canal; channel.
  
  • the tear duct was obstructed
  • the alimentary canal
  • poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs

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• a duct which conveys bile, as the cystic duct, or the hepatic duct.

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• noun the duct that drains bile from the liver
  

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• (Anat.), any biliary duct; esp., the duct, or one of the ducts, which carries the bile from the liver to the cystic and common bile ducts. See Illust., under Digestive.

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• noun any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands
  lachrymal duct; lacrimal duct.
  

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• noun any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands
  lachrymal duct; lacrimal duct.
  

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• noun ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple
  

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• (Anat.), a lymphatic.

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• (Anat.), a pair of embryonic ducts which give rise to the genital passages in the female, but disappear in the male.

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• noun a duct that carries tears from the lacrimal sac to the nasal cavity
  

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• noun a duct connecting the pancreas with the intestine
  

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• noun a duct through which saliva passes from the salivary gland into the mouth
  

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• (Anat.), the primitive duct of the embryonic excretory organs which gives rise to the Wolffian duct and ureter; the pronephric duct.

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• noun the efferent duct of the testis in man
  

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• noun a small duct that conveys sweat from a sudoriferous gland to the surface of the skin
  

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• noun any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands
  lachrymal duct; lacrimal duct.
  

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• noun the major duct of the lymphatic system
  

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• (Anat.), the great trunk of the lymphatic vessels, situated on the ventral side of the vertebral column in the thorax and abdomen. See Illust. of Lacteal.

Webster 1913

• the duct from the Wolffian body.

Webster 1913